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| [1]Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, |
[1]And the Lord made redi a greet fisch, that he shulde swolowe Jonas; and Jonas was in the wombe of the fisch thre daies and thre niytis. |
| [2]And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. |
[2]And Jonas preiede to the Lord his God fro the fischis wombe, |
| [3]For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. |
[3]and seide, Y criede to God of my tribulacioun, and he herde me; fro the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herdist my vois. |
| [4]Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. |
[4]Thou castidist me doun in to depnesse, in the herte of the see, and the flood cumpasside me; alle thi swolowis and thi wawis passiden on me. |
| [5]The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. |
[5]And Y seide, Y am cast awei fro siyt of thin iyen; netheles eftsoone Y schal see thin hooli temple. |
| [6]I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. |
[6]Watris cumpassiden me `til to my soule, depnesse enuyrownede me, the see hilide myn heed. |
| [7]When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. |
[7]Y wente doun to the vtmeste places of hillis, the barris of erthe closiden me togidere, in to withouten ende; and thou, my Lord God, schalt reise vp my lijf fro corrupcioun. |
| [8]They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
[8]Whanne my soule was angwisched in me, Y bithouyte on the Lord, that my preier come to thee, to thin hooli temple. |
| [9]But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. |
[9]Thei that kepen vanytees, forsaken his merci idili. |
| [10]And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. |
[10]But Y in vois of heriyng schal offre to thee; what euer thingis Y vowide, Y schal yelde to the Lord, for myn helthe. |